KAICIID Fellows

Muhammad Israr

“Muhamaad Israr (Madani) holds a degree of religious studies from madrassa as well as MS in educational planning and management from University. He also studied “Religion & Culture Conflict” at Drew University, New Jersey, USA. He heads a think tank based in Islamabad by the na...

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Muhammad Jan

Muhammad Jan is PhD scholar in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. He is also a graduate of Dars-e-Nizami (Equivalent to Master in Islamic Studies and Arabic Language & Literature), the traditional Islamic curriculum prevailing in South Asia. Currently he is working as lecturer of Islamic Law at the ...

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Muhammad Shahid Habib

Dr. Muhammad Shahid Habib is an assistant professor of comparative religions and is serving as the Executive Director of the International Interreligious Dialogue and Research Centre and the Editor of the Research Journal of ‘ABHATH’ for Islamic Studies and Social Sciences at Lahore Garrison Uni...

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Napan Thawornbanjob

The Venerable Napan founded the “For Beautiful Life Group” (FBLG) in 2001 and was the Chair until 2015. He has designed and led trainings for Buddhist community leaders in southern Thailand affected by violent conflicts to heal the victims and prevent further conflicts. In addition, ...

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Nur Hidayah Arif Tiro

Dr. Nur Hidayah is a lecturer at the Medical and Health Science Faculty at the State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. She holds a doctorate in public administration studies. She is the Secretary of the Alauddin Peacebuilding Institute, which focuses on promoting, e...

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Nurudeen Lemu Muhammad

Muhammad Nuruddeen Lemu develops, facilitates and conducts train-the-trainers courses in enhancing interreligious dialogue and engagement, intrareligious cooperation, responding to religious extremism among Muslims and promoting Shari’ah Intelligence, or faith-based critical thinking. Trainees at...

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Onoseme Fortune Afatakpa

Onoseme Fortune Afatakpa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan. Currently he is a doctoral student of Peace and Conflict Studies also in the University of Ibadan. H...

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Pierre Gastou

Advisor for ethics and business at Advanced Islamic Studies Institute Pierre studied economics, finance and strategy in France, Belgium and the UK, and is currently employed as a mergers and acquisitions analyst in London. Previously he worked in Paris as an analystin Equity Capital Markets. Since ...

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Rabbi David Goodman

Fellow, Harel Rabbinical seminary Rabbi David Goodman got his ordination from the Rabbinical seminar of Beit Midrash Harel in Jerusalem. He studied in a variety of higher Jewish studies programs, including Yeshivat Otniel (2003-2009) and the Shalom Hartman Institute (2012-2016). Besides his Jewish...

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